ENGLISH
THE CANTERBURY TALES
TEXT: ELEMENTS
OF LITERATURE
SIXTH COURSE
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
(1)
“DO NOW”:
PEOPLE OFTEN HOLD SECRETS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT PEOPLE OR
SOCIETY TO KNOW ABOUT. THINK ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FOLLOWING POSITION:
1.
POLICEMAN
2.
LAWYER
3.
BANKER
NOW THINK ABOUT A POSSIBLE SECRET THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT
ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT. WRITE ONE
PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING THIS POSSIBLE SECET.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
READ PAGES 136 AND 137 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1.
WHAT IS MEANT WHEN A WRITER COMPOSES IN THE VERNACULAR?
2.
WHAT ARE FRAMING DEVICES AND HOW ARE THEY USED?
3.
WHEN CHAUCER TRAVELED TO ITALY WHAT TWO POETS INFLUENCED
HIM?
4.
WHEN DIDCHAUCER DIE?
5.
THE DOMINANT METER IS BASED ON TEN SYLLABLES WITH AN
UNSTRESSED FOLLOWED BY A STRESSED SYLLABLE IS KNOWN AS
___________________ _________________.
6.
DESCRIBE CHAUCER’S LASTING POWER ACCORDING TO JOHN
GARDNER.
7.
WHAT IS CHAUCER OFTEN CALLED AND WHAT DID HE DO TO HELP
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?
8.
BEFORE CHAUCER’S TIME WHY WAS IT NOT FASHIONABLE FOR
SERIOUS POETS TO WRITE IN ENGLISH?
9.
WHAT EVIDENCE IS CITED WHICH PROVES THAT CHAUCER WAS A
RELATIVELY IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT SERVANT?
10. WHEN
CHAUCER WAS CAPTURED DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS HOW DID THE KING OF ENGLAND HELP
HIM?
11. DESCRIBE
CHAUCER’S EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
12. WHEN
WAS CHAUCER’S ALLEGORICAL POEMS CREATED?
(2)
GUIDED PRACTICE:
SILENTLY READ PAGE 137 THE CANTERBURY
TALES: SNAP SHOT OF AN AGE. SUMMARIZE
THE PILGRIMAGE OR JOURNEY THAT CHAUCER PLACES HIS CHARACTERS ON.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
READ SETTING UP THE FRAME STORY ON PAGE 137 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
1.
WHAT IS THE FRAME STORY HERE?
2.
WHAT DOES THE HOST OF THE TABARD SUGGEST TO THE
PILGRIMS?
3.
HOW DOES NEVILEL COGHILL DESCRIBE THE PROLOGUE? WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOUT IT?
4.
AT ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL, CHAUCER’S GREAT WORK OPERATES
ON WHAT LEVEL?
5.
WHO IN YOUR OPINION IS THOMAS A. BECKET?
6.
STUDY THE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ON PAGE 139 BEFORE
READING THE CANTERBURY
TALES.
HOMEWORK: RESEARCH THE MURDER OF THOMAS A BECKET. SEE WHAT OF INFORMATION YOU CAN FIND.
EXIT TICKET: CANTERBURY CATHERDRAL WAS ONE OF THE MOST SACED PILGRIMAGE
DESTINATIONS IN ENGLAND
BECAUSE IT HOUSED THE SHRINE OF THOMAS A. BECKET, WHO WAS KILLED DEFENDING THE
RIGHTS OF THE ENGLISH
CHURCH AGAINST KING HNRY
II. GIVE AN INTELLIGENT EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE PILGRIMS ARE SEEKING TO
JOURNEY TO CANTERBURY. WRITE OUT YOUR EXPLANATION.
